FACULTY WELFARE COMMITTEE

Minutes

Meeting: Thursday, September 8, 2005

Present: Child, Gamundi, Langan, O’Brien (Chair), Shpunt

Iodice represented Faculty Welfare Committee at campus meeting for Katrina Relief

Minutes were approved as submitted.

OLD BUSINESS

[1] Faculty Salon

We will try to schedule six Faculty Salon presentations for the academic year 2005-2006 - Oct, Nov, Dec and Feb, Mar, and Apr. Salons will be held in the Faculty Lounge on Thursday afternoons, 4:00-5:30 PM. Lori agreed to ask faculty members to be presenters. All committee members will help with advertising and refreshments.

[2] Committee Elections

Liza agreed to work on faculty elections in the spring; she has all pertinent information.

NEW BUSINESS

[1] Faculty Mentoring Program

The committee works with VPAA to implement the mentoring program. There was some discussion about the effectiveness of last year’s program.

[2] Children on Campus Policy

Discussion about the difficulty of implementing this policy and about the reasons for promoting this kind of a policy at a Catholic, women-centered institution surfaced.

[3] Risk Management Policy

Concerns were raised regarding a number of items included in the recently circulated Risk Management policy - guest speakers, references calls, and Hi-Skip students, etc.

[4] Scheduling of Academic Assemblies

The decision to schedule academic assemblies on Fridays makes it impossible for a large number of faculty to have a research day. This coupled with some recent pressures for faculty to take on overloads at the last minute bring into question the scholarship issue for faculty.

Debbie will ask for a committee appointment with Sue Blanshan to discuss new business items. In addition, President McGuire has asked to meet with committee to review Middle States responsibilities.

Respectfully submitted...

Lori Shpunt